Mexique
◉ EMERGING PRODUCTION · North America
General Data
- Capital
- Mexico
- Population
- 131,9 M (2025)
- Area
- 1 964 000 km²
- Currency
- Mexican peso (MXN)
- Language
- Spanish
- Timezone
- UTC−6 à −8
- GDP
- 1,83 T$ (2025)
- Independence
- 1821 (Cry of Dolores in 1810)
Production
Niche San Andrés wrapper
Annual Revenue
13,7 M$ (2024)
US imports of leaf tobacco (HS 2401)
Harvest
Nov – Jan
Climate
Humid tropical, high altitude
Soil
San Andrés “black earth”
Regions
- San Andrés Tuxtla
- Los Tuxtlas
- Ezequiel Montes (Querétaro)
Varieties
- Negro San Andrés
Manufacturers
- Casa Turrent / Nueva Matacapan Tabacos (San Andrés Tuxtla)
- Santa Clara (San Andrés Tuxtla)
- Tabacalera R. Paxtián (Sihuapan)
- Cházaro — Real Fábrica de Tabacos (Ezequiel Montes)
Sommelier Note
San Andrés — the benchmark maduro wrapper.
The Spanish-language press describes, alongside the Turrents and Santa Clara — sixty people, mostly women, and at least two thousand five hundred cigars a day, says the Diario de Xalapa in 2023 —, the Tabacalera R. Paxtián of Sihuapan, four generations of growers; and outside Veracruz, Cházaro at Ezequiel Montes, in Querétaro, which rolls San Andrés tobacco with artisans from the valley. Don Chicho, of San Andrés, has only one mention: not written.
Production Zones
- Ezequiel Montes (Querétaro) — A rolling place, not fields: the Cházaro family's Real Fábrica de Tabacos, on the wine and cheese road, rolls San Andrés Tuxtla's black tobacco with artisans from Veracruz.
- Los Tuxtlas — Unique volcanic terroir
- San Andrés Tuxtla — Black soils, the Maduro benchmark
Local industry
PREMIUM NICHE — SAN ANDRÉS WRAPPER
Mexico has no Habanos representation but holds a singular terroir with the volcanic “black earths” of San Andrés Tuxtla. The San Andrés Maduro Negro wrapper is among the darkest there is: it ferments without additives, developing a rare softness and unctuousness. The Turrent family has controlled most of the production for four generations.
- Founded
- 1963 (Te Amo / famille Turrent)
- Ownership
- Turrent family (Tabacos San Andrés)
- Headquarters
- San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexique
- Revenue
- ~$85M USD exportations
- Employees
- 2 000+
- Festival & Events
- No international cigar festival
Manufactures
Tabacos San Andrés S.A.
Te Amo · Santa Clara 1830 · export wrapper San Andrés
Hoja de México
CAO Black wrapper · Onyx wrapper
Official brands
- Te Amo
- Santa Clara 1830
- Onyx
Certifications
- Denominación de Origen "San Andrés Tuxtla"
- SAGARPA Mexico
Distribution network
- USA
- Te Amo USA / General Cigar
- Monde entier
- Export wrapper San Andrés Maduro Negro
Iconic Brands 7
Cigar caves & lounges in Mexique 4
- La Casa del Habano — Cancún Cancún — Boulevard Kukulkán km 12,7, Zona Hotelera, 77500
La Casa del Habano franchise in Cancún, in the hotel zone, Boulevard Kukulkán.
- La Casa del Habano — León León, Guanajuato — Plaza Campestre, Blvd José María Morelos 1502, local 21
Inaugurated on 13 October 2023 in León, Guanajuato, at Plaza Campestre on Boulevard José María Morelos: a two-level humidor with room for more than fifty thousand cigars, and an indoor lounge.
- La Casa del Habano — Polanco Mexico D.F. — Alejandro Dumas 135, Planta Baja, Local A1, Colonia Polanco
La Casa del Habano in Polanco, Mexico City, listed on the lacasadelhabano.com franchise map under the name "LCDH Mazarik".
- La Casa del Habano — San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende — Diez de Sollano y Dávalos 4, int. 3, 37700 Guanajuato
La Casa del Habano franchise in San Miguel de Allende, in the State of Guanajuato.